A MordenteInstitute of Biological Chemistry, Catholic University School of Medicine, Rome, ItalyChem Res Toxicol 11:54-63. 1998

..We would therefore propose that the neuroprotective effects of idebenone can be attributed, at least in part, to its ability to function as an antioxidant, involving redox cycling between hydroquinone and quinone...

..Our results emphasize that not only one cigarette is sufficient to impair the salivary enzymatic activities but also strengthen the proposed protective role of GSH against the noxious biochemical effects of CS...

The secondary alcohol and aglycone metabolites of doxorubicin alter metabolism of human erythrocytes

..On the basis of the results obtained in the present study, a new hypothesis, involving doxorubicinol and aglycone metabolites, has been proposed to clarify the mechanisms responsible for the doxorubicin-induced red blood cell toxicity...